United StatesCité Mémoire is a poetic creation inspired by the history of Montreal. It will lead you to fascinating encounters with both unknown and famous characters who bring to life the richness and complexity of Montreal through time. Roam the streets of Montreal with this application to immerse yourself in the city’s history, with over 60 unique items to discover (points of interest and augmented reality segments). At night, enjoy Cité Mémoire’s twenty different projected tableaux created by Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon in collaboration with Michel Marc Bouchard. Before your visit, download this application and its content (entirely or one circuit at a time). • Have your headphones handy and a fully-charged device (mobile phone or tablet) for the best experience • Techno-historic tours for daytime or nighttime, depending on your availability • Soundtrack for Cité Mémoire installations and historical content associated with each one • Free Wi-Fi zone • Choice of four languages (installed in the language of your device): French, English, Spanish, and Mandarin • Detailed geolocalized map • Signage in the city to help you get your bearings Featured circuits: • Cité Mémoire: Visuals, words and music combine in more than 20 tableaux projected onto façades across the city. Every night at dusk! Created by Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon, in collaboration with Michel Marc Bouchard. • Cité Mémoire Charlevoix : More than 70 new digital contents to discover the history, the characters and the events which shaped the region. • 5+ thematic circuits: Unique digital journeys that take you through the periods, events, figures, buildings and sites that helped shape Montréal’s history. Download the app and its content on your smart phone or tablet to add a little something to your next walk: 1. Use our detailed geolocated map to explore random spots or follow a themed circuit 2. Content available in French, English, Spanish and Mandarin
Didn’t work
First, the website listed only 3 locations that weren’t open, but when you open the app at least half of them aren’t available. Then, it says sunset, but once we got to our first location, it actually started 40 min after sunset. So we waited. In the cold. Finally it hit the time, but the app didn’t work. It kept synchronizing for us and all the people around us for over 15 minutes. So, we gave up and walked to a second location, where it did the same thing before finally alerting us that there is a server error. Which isn’t noted anywhere on their website or anywhere you can look before actually showing up to the location. It seems like such a cool thing to do, but there needs to be better communication when things are closed or not working. And there needs to be clear times posted on the website other than just saying sunset.
United StatesMontreal comes alive at night
Even in -8 weather, we were transported at each stop. Amazing technology!
United StatesBrilliant idea, needs work
We were super excited about to do this and it’s a really fun idea! However, I can’t get the sound to work at all and it’s hard to tell what’s going on without it. It’s also challenging to navigate since it doesn’t give you directions or the address of the next spot.
United StatesWay too much work
Love the idea but the app needs work. Isnt there someone in this tech savvy town willing to make it work for the normal tourist?
United StatesTerrible App
You would think with all of the technology talent in Montreal they would have found someone who could develop a useable app.
United StatesGood Idea Bad Execution
This app is pretty difficult to use. The location points are not very accurate and the map doesn’t move well with the haptics on my iPhone. No zoom in or out. The reference point for where I’m standing is incorrect. Downloading the content takes time if I just see the projections while walking around and want to check it out. Not usable on its own. I keep having to go back and forth in a decent navigation app. Audio doesn’t play. Tapping on the (?) leads to just caption options, not actual help suggestions. The idea of a walking tour app is great, and the curated content is interesting, but the navigation needs a lot of work.
United StatesGood idea, poor implementation
I really liked the idea but, unfortunately, usability is so bad I gave up completely after a few attempts.
United States
Automatic replay for Cite Memoire audio
Subscribe our newsletter and get useful information every week.
Publisher's Other Apps
Other Travel Apps
Similar Apps